Break's Over

With All Star Weekend over the NBA teams now have to get back to work and finish this stretch of the season.  With a lot of shocks and great competition right before All Star Weekend, including the Lakers losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which the Cavs team now holds the longest-losing streak in NBA history, the break came at a much needed time for a couple of teams.  Some teams only get a one day break, today, before hitting the court again after their fun-filled weekend.  Miami, Boston, Lakers, Atlanta and Denver are just a few of the teams that return to the court tomorrow.  With all the teams fighting for playoff positions down this stretch the rest of the season could get really interesting.  It will also be interesting to see if Carmelo Anthony will return after the break as a Denver Nugget.  The current standings for the Eastern and Western Conferences are below:

Eastern Conference
1. Boston Celtics (40-14)
2. Miami Heat (41-15)
3. Chicago Bulls (38-16)
4. Orlando Magic (36-21)
5. Atlanta Hawks (34-21)
6. New York Knicks (28-26)
7.  Philadelphia 76ers (27-29)
8.  Indiana Pacers (24-30)
9.  Charlotte Bobcats (24-32)
10. Milwaukee Bucks (21-34)
11. Detroit Pistons (21-36)
12. New Jersey Nets (17-40)
13. Washington Wizards (15-39)
14. Toronto Raptors (15-41)
15.  Cleveland Cavaliers (10-46)

Western Conference
1. San Antonio Spurs (46-10)
2. Dallas Mavericks (40-16)
3. Los Angeles Lakers (38-19)
4. OKC Thunder (35-19)
5. Portland Trailblazers (32-24)
6. New Orleans Hornets (33-25)
7. Denver Nuggets (32-25)
8. Utah Jazz (31-26)
9. Memphis Grizzlies (31-26)
10. Phoenix Suns (27-27)
11. Golden State Warriors (26-29)
12. Houston Rockets (26-31)
13. Los Angeles Clippers (21-35)
14. Sacramento Kings (13-40)
15. Minnesota Timberwolves (13-43)

Photo: 60th NBA All Star Weekend

60th NBA All-Star Game

After a fight by Lebron James and the East during the 4th quarter Kobe Bryant and the West were able to hold off and defeat the Eastern Conference All Stars 148-143.  With a 37 point, 14 rebound game Kobe Bryant was voted by the fans as this year's All Star game MVP, winning is 4th MVP.  Being voted MVP has tied Kobe with Bob Pettit in winning the most All-Star Game MVP in NBA History.  Some of the other All Stars with a great performance last night includes Kevin Durant (34 points), A'mare Stoudemire (29 points), and Lebron James whom had a triple double (29 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists). Below are a few pictures from the All-Star Game:

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NBA All-Star Weekend: Saturday's Events

Haier Shooting Stars

Winners:  Team Atlanta (Al Horford, Coco Miller, and Steve Smith)

Taco Bell Skills Challenge

Winner: Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors

Footlocker Three-Point Contest

Winner: James Jones of the Miami Heat

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest

Winner:  Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers

For more pictures and information on NBA All-Star Weekend Saturday's Events check out:

http://www.nba.com/allstar/2011/

NBA All-Star Celebrity Basketball Game

Just a few pictures from the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in which the East defeated the West 54-49.  Some of the celebrities that participated in the All-Star Celebrity Basketball game included Tamika Catchings, Justin Beiber, Rick Fox, Scottie Pippen, Trey Songz, Common, Nick Cannon, Jalen Rose, Rob Kardashian and Romeo Miller to name a few.  The two teams were coached by two legends with the East being coached by Bill Walton and the West being coached by Magic Johnson.  Justin Beiber was voted by the fans as the games MVP.

Cavaliers Continue to Struggle

After losing tonight to the Dallas Mavericks the Cavaliers losing streak continues.  Cleveland are now on a 25-game losing streaks passing the all time record of the longest losing streak of 23 games held by the 95-96 Vancouver Grizzlies and the 97-98 Denver Nuggets.  The Cavs last victory was on December 18, 2010 against the New York Knicks. Since then the Cavs have struggled to win a game landing them in last place in the entire league with a 8-43 record.  It's easy to see that the team, management, and fans of the Cavs are beginning to become frustrated about the continuous downward spiral of the team since their franchise player decided to join the Miami Heat.  Cleveland's next game is Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons.

Lebron James drops 51 points

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In last Thursday's game against the Orlando Magic, the Heat's King James scored 51 points in the 104-100 victory.  The 51 points are the most points a player has scored in a given game so far this season, which was recently 47 points by Kevin Durant.  James also had 11 rebounds and 8 assist which led him to have the most assist out of both teams and also tied with Heat's Miller for the most rebounds for both teams as well.  Over the weekend the Heat went on to defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 109-97, and the LA Clippers 97-19 and are now on a 6 game winning streak.